- Neil Seery pulled out of his fight against Ian McCall on January 29 due to the passing of his mother-in-law. Seery was replaced by promotional newcomer Jarred Brooks on January 30.
- George Sullivan was scheduled to face Randy Brown at the event. However on January 26, Sullivan was pulled from the card after being notified by USADA of a potential anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected earlier this year. Belal Muhammad was chosen as his replacement on February 4.
- Luis Henrique was expected to face Marcin Tybura, but was pulled from the bout on February 1 due to NYSAC concerns related to a corrective eye surgery he underwent almost a year ago. He was replaced by Justin Willis on February 6. In turn, the bout was scrapped entirely as Willis was deemed "medically unfit" to compete one day before the weigh-ins.
- Ian McCall became ill after the weigh-ins, and remained ill the day of the fight. Doctors said he wasn't well enough to fight. This marks the 5th fight in a row that has been cancelled in some manner by Ian McCall or his opponent, which is why he hasn't fought in 2 years.
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PuertoRican   United States. Feb 05 2017 07:41. Posts 13051
First impression of the match-ups:
• GDR > Holm
• Brunson > Anderson
• Souza > Boetsch
• Glover > Cannonier
• Poirier > Miller
• Brown > Muhammad
• Reis > Sasaki
• Makhachev > Lentz
• Brooks > McCall
• LaFlare > Carneiro
• Glenn > Nover
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Raidern   Brasil. Feb 05 2017 18:03. Posts 4243
this seems like a nice event to watch (for brazilians). I can only comment on the last 4 fights in the card and I basically agree with PR except Holm > GDR imo. Would like to see Silva win again but he looks chinny, slower and blablabla everything we saw in his last fights. Still I love we can still watch him fight, he's very enjoyable to watch.
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PuertoRican   United States. Feb 06 2017 06:46. Posts 13051
On February 05 2017 17:03 Raidern wrote:
this seems like a nice event to watch (for brazilians). I can only comment on the last 4 fights in the card and I basically agree with PR except Holm > GDR imo. Would like to see Silva win again but he looks chinny, slower and blablabla everything we saw in his last fights. Still I love we can still watch him fight, he's very enjoyable to watch.
If Brunson doesn't go for a fast TD, he's gonna try and strike with Anderson and get countered when he throws a big overhand or big hook. Anderson doesn't need a lot of power to land a clean one and stun Brunson real bad and TKO him on the ground.
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whamm!   Albania. Feb 06 2017 14:27. Posts 11625
some value in anderson as long as in he's in the right headspace as in all his fights. dude is somewhat eccentric to say the least
puertorican, is it true that holly holm has been training with israel martinez in wrestling? will we see a drastic change in her game plan?
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soberstone   United States. Feb 11 2017 03:15. Posts 2662
Lmao that uNcle Creepy weighin, love it
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PuertoRican   United States. Feb 11 2017 08:02. Posts 13051
On February 11 2017 01:46 lucky331 wrote:
puertorican, is it true that holly holm has been training with israel martinez in wrestling? will we see a drastic change in her game plan?
Izzy Martinez has been with team Jacksons MMA for 2 years or so. Holly has trained with him for over 1 year at least.
Both Holly and Germaine showed grappling in their workout videos. Many people expect Holly to go for take downs at some point. However, if she fails on her first TD attempt, it'll make her hesitant and less confident on her next TD attempt, which wiill mean she knows she is forced to keep striking. Even if she is comfortable striking with Germaine, having doubt in her mind from a failed part.of her strategy will hurt her a little bit.
I personally think Germaine will win, possibly R3 TKO.
PuertoRican   United States. Feb 11 2017 09:21. Posts 13051
Holly Holm (144.4) vs. Germaine de Randamie (143.6)
Anderson Silva (185) vs. Derek Brunson (186)
Ronaldo Souza (185.8) vs. Tim Boetsch (185.8)
Glover Teixeira (205.2) vs. Jared Cannonier (204.4)
Dustin Poirier (155.2) vs. Jim Miller (154.6)
Randy Brown (170.6) vs. Belal Muhammad (170.2)
Wilson Reis (125.2) vs. Ulka Sasaki (125.4)
Nik Lentz (155.8) vs. Islam Makhachev (155)
Ian McCall (125.2) vs. Jarred Brooks (125)
Phillipe Nover (145.6) vs. Rick Glenn (145.8)
Ryan LaFlare (170.6) vs. Roan Carneiro (170)
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jvilla777   Australia. Feb 11 2017 14:28. Posts 1348